1. TechEd 2013
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2. Deep Dive into the TFS Agile Planning Tools
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Deep Dive into the TFS Agile Planning Tools
Aaron Bjork
Principal Program Manager
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3. Who is this guy?
Seattle native Married (16 years) 3 kids 2 dogs (whippets) Golfer (12 handicap) Bought buying a tractor Jeans, not khakis Agile Business major Microsoft 11 years Program Manager
Business school
3 kids
2 dogs
2 horses
1 cat
? goats
Seattle native

4. Agenda Agile Portfolio Management Demo + Example Scenarios Our Process
TechEd 2013
4/22/2018 7:16 PM
Agenda
Agile Portfolio Management
Demo +
Example Scenarios
Our Process
Lessons Learned
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5. Agenda Agile Portfolio Management Demo + Example Scenarios Our Process
TechEd 2013
4/22/2018 7:16 PM
Agenda
Agile Portfolio Management
Demo +
Example Scenarios
Our Process +
Lessons Learned
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6. The Problem A B C

7. The Problem A B C

8. The Problem
Stakeholders ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? A B C D E F G H

9. Portfolio Backlogs

10. Backlog Linking

11. Backlog Linking

12. Backlog Linking

13. Autonomy
Stakeholders A B C D E F G H

14. Autonomy
Stakeholders A B C D E F G H

15. Drive: Autonomy Mastery Purpose the urge to direct our own lives
expert skill: expert knowledge or outstanding ability
Purpose
the reason for which something exists

16. Kanban Columns
Stakeholders A B C D E F G H

17. Work Item Tags
Stakeholders A B C D E F G H

18. n Levels

19. Agenda Agile Portfolio Management Demo + Example Scenarios Our Process
TechEd 2013
4/22/2018 7:16 PM
Agenda
Agile Portfolio Management
Demo +
Example Scenarios
Our Process +
Lessons Learned
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20. Demo Portfolio Backlogs Backlog Linking Kanban Columns + Tags nLevels
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Demo
Portfolio Backlogs
Backlog Linking
Kanban Columns + Tags
nLevels
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21. Agenda Agile Portfolio Management Demo + Example Scenarios Our Process
TechEd 2013
4/22/2018 7:16 PM
Agenda
Agile Portfolio Management
Demo +
Example Scenarios
Our Process +
Lessons Learned
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22. How do we do it? Roles Organization Teams Cadence Plan Practices
Alignment
Autonomy

23. Roles
Program Manager – Responsible to ensure we’re building the right thing.
Development – Responsible to ensure we’re building products that are fast, reliable, and well engineered.
QA – Responsible to ensure we’re building high quality products that meet customers needs.

24. Organization
Program Management
Development QA

25. Organization
Program Management
Development QA

26. Teams
Version Control
Work Item Tracking
Collaboration

27. Sprint Cadence
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3

28. What’s Changed? TFS 2008 TFS 2010 TFS 2012 10 – 12 weeks 6 weeks
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr

29. 3 Week Sprints
Sprint 43
Sprint 45
Sprint 42
Sprint 44
Sprint 46

30. 3 Week Sprints Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
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3 Week Sprints
Sprint Planning
Deployment!
Done!
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Backlog Grooming
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Sprint Planning
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31. Sprint Mechanics

32. How about at scale?

33. How about at scale?
Sprint 43
Sprint 45
Sprint 42
Sprint 44
Sprint 46

34. Team Chats 3 questions: 1. What’s next? 2. How’s the team doing?
3. Any issues?

35. Team Chats Version Control Work Item Tracking Collaboration
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Team Chats
Version Control
Work Item Tracking
Collaboration
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36. Team Chats Version Control Work Item Tracking Collaboration
TechEd 2013
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Team Chats
Version Control
Work Item Tracking
Collaboration
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37. Team Chats Version Control Work Item Tracking Collaboration
TechEd 2013
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Team Chats
Version Control
Work Item Tracking
Collaboration
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38. Our Plan
18 month vision

39. Work Items Scenario – A large initiative in a release.
Experience – An end-to-end set of user stories.
User Story – A requirement capturing the role, functionality, and value.
Task – Work the team does to fulfill a Story.
Scenario
Experience
User Story
Task

40. Work Items
Scenario
Experience
User Story
Task

41. Bugs

42. Scenario
Review
Scenario
Scenario
Scenario
Scenario
Experience
Team A
Team B
Stories
Stories
Stories
Stories
Stories
Stories
Stories
Stories

43. Scenario
CEV Review
CEV Review
CEV Review
CEV Review
Done!

44. What About Methodology?
Scrum
Waterfall
Kanban
Microsoft
BML (Build Measure Learn)

45. Team Rooms

46. The Basics Teams of 8-12 Cross-discipline 3 week sprints
6 week leadership reviews – “team chats”
6 month planning cycles
18 month vision
Scenario ratings

47. Agenda Agile Portfolio Management Demo + Example Scenarios Our Process
TechEd 2013
4/22/2018 7:16 PM
Agenda
Agile Portfolio Management
Demo +
Example Scenarios
Our Process +
Lessons Learned
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48. Lessons Learned
Less is so much more
Build teams
Road rules
Have fun

49. Thank you! aaron.bjork@microsoft.com @aaronbjork
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Thank
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